Explaining the Gender Wage Gap in Georgia

This paper evaluates gender wage differentials in Georgia between 2000 and 2004. Using ordinary least squares, we find that the gender wage gap in Georgia is substantially higher than in other transition countries. Correcting for sample selection bias using the Heckman approach further increases the gender wage gap. The Blinder Oaxaca decomposition results suggest that most of the wage gap remains unexplained. The explained portion of the gap is almost entirely attributed to industrial variables. We find that the gender wage gap in Georgia diminished between 2000 and 2004

Reaction of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide - Vip - to Visceral Trauma

Вазоактивный интестинальный полипептид –VIP, секретируемый больших дозах при висцеральной травме, действует как вазоконстриктор и наряду с другими биологически активными веществами помогает организму компенсировать тяжёлые гемодинамические сдвиги - гиповолемию и гипотензию.It is known that VIP is a neurotransmitter. In our case, with visceral trauma, its secretion from neurons and axons of nerve endings occurs under the influence of strong nociceptive impulses from the focus of trauma and the stimulation of the sympathoadrenal system. Depending on the concentration, it can act on the blood vessels in two different directions. In large doses, it manifests itself as a vasoconstrictor and along with other similar substances (renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system) helps the body compensate for hemodynamic changes - hypovolemia and hypotension - characteristic of visceral trauma. In one case, the organism survives. And in another case - all the efforts of the homeostatic system of adaptation are vain and the organism dies